The IHCC win came on the same floor where Mesa had dominated No. 1-ranked South Plains (Tex.) in a 67-46 blowout earlier in the week.
The Warriors (16-2) scored the first 12 points and held Mesa (12-4) without a field goal for over eight minutes to start the game. After grabbing the 12-0 lead, Indian Hills didn’t let up, eventually building a 20-point lead at 37-17.
With four minutes remaining in the opening half, the Warriors’ Jameel McKay already had a double-double and he finished the night with 20 points and 16 rebounds, both game-highs.
Frank Williams had his third straight outstanding performance off the bench for IHCC, draining five 3-pointers, four of them in the first half, on his way to 17 points.
The lead was 14 points at the half and Indian Hills withstood a couple of Mesa comeback attempts in the second half.
The Thunderbirds’ biggest charge got them to within 62-56 with 7:23 to play in the second half after a Khalfuni Marks layup. Jelan Kendrick had the answer for the Warriors, hitting a pull-up jumper with the shot clock winding down.
That basket started a 10-0 IHCC run over the next four minutes that effectively put the game away. Richard Amardi had two of the buckets in that run and Mesa never got closer than 10 points the rest of the contest.
Dustin Hogue had 12 points for the Warriors and Kendrick had seven assists to go along with 10 points.
Tylor Wimbish had 17 points to lead the Mesa scoring.
Indian Hills had a huge edge on the backboards, out-rebounding the hosts 38-20.
There are two more games left in the Warriors’ stretch of five straight road tests. They will play at Three Rivers (Mo.) on Wednesday night and then begin league play against conference newcomer Northeast (Neb.) on Jan. 16.
INDIAN HILLS 83, MESA 69
INDIAN HILLS
Jameel McKay 8 4-8 20, Richard Amardi 4 0-0 8, Dustin Hogue 6 0-0 12, Ronald Ross 3 0-0 7, Jelan Kendrick 3 3-5 10, Trinson White 0 2-2 2, Frank Williams 5 2-2 17, Gary Williams, Jr. 2 0-0 5, Majok Deng 1 0-0 3, Ronnie Stevens 0 0-0 0 Team 32 11-17 83
MESA
Khalfuni Marks 3 0-1 7, Shyheim McClelland 0 4-6 4, Tylor Wimbish 7 1-3 17, Anthony Hatfield 1 0-0 2, Christian Griggs-Williams 4 2-2 10, Tre Ogles 0 2-2 2, Angel Ung 1 3-4 6, Kyle Tomlinson 0 0-0 0, Eric Hunt 2 0-1 5, Tyler Fink 2 8-11 14, Jeffrey Bonner 0 2-2 2 Team 20 22-32 69
Halftime score: Indian Hills 44, Mesa 30; Three-point field goals: IHCC 9 (F. Williams 5; Ross, Kendrick, G. Williams, Deng 1), MCC 7 (Wimbish, Fink 2; Marks, Ung, Hunt 1)
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